Assalamualaikum WBT I bid to the honourable judges the
timekee!ers fello"
#ontestants and my dear brothers and sisters.
Ahem..
$%#use me for a "hile..
My "ise members of the floor do you kno" that in order to
!re!are for todaya &' !ages long (erses of "isdom "as granted
to me by her not)so)royal)highnessmy dear tea#her. It "as this
longggg. *he". At that s!urs of time my heart murmurs+,there-s
noooo "ayyy I-m able to remember the s#ri!t on time. I am
//M$01Remembering things is definitely not my forte. Ho" #an I
memorize a &' !ages Alien2anguage s#ri!t in a short amount of
time3 Right33 It is amazing ho" I #an standhere today #onfidently
and boldly hold this hea(y mi#.
My dear brothers and sisters in regards to remembering things
there is one!rominent figure in the Islami# World that to!s
e(eryone else. He is kno"n as TheMaster of Memorizers. 4an you
guess "ho that is3 5es "ell done you are right0 I#an hear you
ans"er the 6uestion loudly in your heart. And this is the to!i#
that I "illdeli(er today+ The Master of Memorizers: Abu Hurayrah
RAH. In this s!ee#h I "ouldtell a little bit of his ba#kground and
I "ould attem!t to relate the to!i# "ith our daily
li(es as a student.
He is the honourable #om!anion Abu Hurayrah May Allah be !leased
u!onhim. Before embra#ing Islam he "as #alled 7bd 8hams 9sla(e of
the sun. After heembra#ed Islam the *ro!het Muhammad 8AW #alled him
7bdul)Rahmaan 9sla(e of the most Mer#iful and ga(e him the
ni#kname of Abu Hurayrah 9the father of akitten. There is a
humorous reason behind his ni#kname but let us lea(e that storyfor
another time on another day shall "e3 ;o" let us zoom ba#k to the
to!i# "hy is Abu Hurayrah RAH is #alled the Master of
Memorizers.
Abu Hurayrah RAH "as the most atta#hed #om!anion to the
*ro!het 8AW.He joined e(erything from battles attended sessions of
kno"ledge to a##om!anyinghim e(ery"here he "ent. A!art from his
formidable memory this is one of thereasons he "as able to memorize
a massi(e amount of more than
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he "as able to "at#h and listen #losely to his "ords. Ash)8hafii
also narrated that,he is the !erson "ho memorised the most hadeeth
in his time.
By Allah0 I lo(e Abu Hurayrah. We should a!!re#iate and be
grateful of "hathe had done for us. Although he a##e!ted Islam
three years before the demise of the
*ro!het 8AW yet he is the Hafidh the Memorizer of this =mmah.
This is notsur!rising be#ause he had dedi#ated himself to that
great task. He "as just in the#om!any of the *ro!het 8AW for three
years and he had that immeasurable#ontribution to Islam. My dear
members of the floor "hat about me and you3 Whatha(e "e #ontributed
to the =mmah30 Allah says in 8urah An);ajm ayah >?)@&+
,Andthat man has nothing but "hat he does 9good or bad. And that
his deeds "ill beseen. Then he "ill be re#om!ensed "ith a full and
the best re#om!ense1. 8o let-s dogood deeds+ then "e #an later
re#ei(e good.
Brothers and sister no" let us refle#t on the life story of Abu
Hurayrah andho" #an "e a!!ly some of the good things in our li(es.
In my o!inion one of thereasons "hy many Islami# s#holars in#luding
Abu Hurayrah RAH #ould memorize soeasily "as that they res!e#ted
the kno"ledge. Be#ause it "as im!ortant to them itbe#ame something
that took !riority in their brain. or instan#e there are
manystudents in your s#hool. But you only kno" the names of those
"ho you deemim!ortant or signifi#ant to you. The same thing
ha!!ened "hen you only kno" your friends- ni#knames. The
!roblem is sim!le. We sim!ly do not !ut enough im!ortan#eor
!riority in our minds. The res!e#t for kno"ledge is one of the
#ontributing fa#torsin the ability to retain the kno"ledge as the
s#holars !ra#ti#ed. 8o as students "e
should res!e#t all the kno"ledge that all the subje#ts that "e
are learning. Weshould not disregard any of the subje#ts just
be#ause "e think that it is not asim!ortant as the other ones.
Another lesson that "e #ould take from the life story of
Abu Hurayrah RAH isthat he brought himself #loser to the kno"ledge
transmitter our belo(ed *ro!het8AW. He "as "ith him on e(ery
journey and e%!edition so he "as able to learn a lotof things from
him. 8o here "e #ould !ra#ti#e this in our daily li(es as
studentsdon-t you think3 Who are our main kno"ledge transmitter my
dear brothers andsisters3 The tea#hers of #ourse. 8o "e should be
#loser to them and ne(er ski!#lasses al"ays ask them 6uestions
offer to hel! them anytime any"here. TheninsyaaAllah "e might be
able to re#ei(e the kno"ledge smoother. The !oints that I"ant to
stress here is that it is not IM*/88IB2$ for us to follo" the
footste!s of thegreat #om!anion of the *ro!het 8AW and be a great
Muslim. We #an do this0
Before I end my s!ee#h I "ould like for all of us to besee#h
Allah to bees!e#ially mer#iful to Abu Hurayrah RAH and the other
#om!anions. Thank you.
